Staff Nurse - Dayshift, PRN - Surgical Unit

Company : Good Samaritan Society

Location : Vincennes, IN, 47591

Posted Date : 13 October 2025

Job Type : Part Time, Full Time

Category : Nursing

Occupation : Nurse

Job Details

Job Description
Job Summary:
Definition of Shared Governance: Shared governance is a professional structural model, founded on the cornerstone principles of partnership, equity, accountability, and ownership that form a culturally sensitive and empowering framework, enabling sustainable and accountability-based decisions to support an interdisciplinary design for excellent patient care.
Standards of Practice

Assessment
- Medical/Pediatric Nurse collects pertinent date and information relative to patient health or situation.
Diagnosis
- Medical/Pediatric Nurse analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses, problems or issues.
Outcome Identification
- Medical/Pediatric Nurse identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient.
Planning
- Medical/Pediatric Nurse develops a plan of care that includes interventions to attain expected measurable outcomes.
Implementation
- Medical/Pediatric Nurse implements the individualized patient plan of care.
Evaluation
- Medical/Pediatric Nurse evaluates progress toward attainment of patient goals and outcomes.

Essential Job Duties:
Standards of Professional Performance

Ethics
- Medical-surgical nurses deliver care in a nonjudgmental, nondiscriminatory, sensitive, and culturally competent manner.
Diversification
- Medical-surgical nurses interact with, and contribute to, the professional development of peers and other health care providers as colleagues.
Communication
- Medical-surgical nurses communicate effectively with clients, families, and other health care professionals.
Collaboration
- Medical-surgical nurses collaborate with the client, family members, significant others, and health care providers in providing care.
Leadership
- Medical-surgical nurses use leadership skills to enhance client outcomes and foster a healthy work environment within the practice setting and profession.
Education
- Medical-surgical nurses acquire and maintain current knowledge in nursing practice. Medical-surgical nurses pursue knowledge to enhance nursing expertise and advance the profession.
Evidence-Based Practice & Research
- Medical-surgical nurses use research findings in practice.
Quality of Practice
- The Medical/Pediatric Nurse contributes to quality nursing practice. Ensures that nursing practice is safe, effective, efficient, equitable, timely and patient-centered.
Professional Practice Evaluation
- Medical/Pediatric Nurse evaluates his/her own and other's nursing practice in accordance with professional practice standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies and contributes to the professional development of peers or other health care providers as colleagues.
Resource Utilization
- Medical-surgical nurses use research findings in practice.

Qualifications

Education: Graduate from an accredited school of nursing; Bachelors Degree in Nursing within 3 years of employment (with the exception of staff previously granted grandfather status).
Licensure: Registered Nurse license from the Indiana State Board of Nursing. Some areas may require a current and valid driver's license.
Experience: Graduate of RN Program

About Us
Why Choose Good Samaritan?
For more than 115 years, Good Samaritan has been dedicated to not only providing trusted, industry-leading health care, but to fill a vital role in southwest Indiana and southwest Illinois. Our hospital continues to adhere to the compassionate principles our facility was founded on and further our commitments to our patients, our staff, and the communities we serve. Good Samaritan is well recognized for its commitment to excellence as a 3-time designated Magnet® facility, TJC Primary Stroke Center, and a Level III Trauma Center.
We would love to welcome you to our Good Samaritan family.
About the Team
Join Our Team
Good Samaritan is looking for compassionate, caring, and dedicated nurses to join our team and help us continue our tradition of excellence.
Benefits
We pride ourselves in retaining our top talent by offering work environments that support professional development and personal success. In addition to our robust healthcare and retirement plans, we offer:

Flexible work schedules - Full time/part time/supplemental - Day/Eve/Night
Tuition reimbursement
Free access to fitness center
Career advancement opportunities